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Old 29th October 2007, 22:48   #17
CDTi
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Did you buy your car from new? If so you could have specified optional firmer suspension (was this an option for the 75?)
Yes bought new but after the big bang so it was a case of take it or leave it. Needless to say I took it



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The other option could be that the courtesy car is just that - a courtesy car and that people may have ill-treated it in the past and perhaps shot the suspension/dampers in someway. Springs have been known to snap on some ages of car due to corrosion (once a manufacture problem and replaced under warranty). Roll bars may be fitted to your car whereas they aren't to the 1.8
Hmmm..don't think so - the courtesy car was for sale on the garage lot and I really had the pick of what I wanted.



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Heck, maybe it is because yours is a CDTi and as such they fitted uprated suspension on the premise that the "i" variants were seen as more sporting?
Now thats more like it
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